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Carl Nobel, Emanuel's brother, was put in charge of the Machine-Building Factory Ludvig Nobel. [ 1 ] Emanuel Nobel was a very forward-looking businessman, just like his father, who had instigated the construction of Russia 's first pipeline and the world's first oil tanker in 1878, as well as the world's first railway tank cars in 1883.
In the 1890s oil industry searched for an economical oil-burning engine, and the solution was found by German engineer Rudolph Diesel. [2] Diesel marketed his technology to oil barons around the world; [3] in February 1898 he granted exclusive licenses to build his engines in Sweden and Russia to Emanuel Nobel of the Nobel family. [4]
The larger Sarmat employed four 180 hp (130 kW) engines. [22] The first seagoing diesel-powered tanker, 4,500-ton Mysl, was built by Nobel's competitors in Kolomna. [23] Nobel responded with Emanuel Nobel and Karl Hagelin, 4,600-long-ton (4,700 t) kerosene tankers with 1,200-horsepower (890 kW) engines. [24]
The Nobel family (/ n oʊ ˈ b ɛ l / noh-BEL), is a prominent Swedish family closely related to the history both of Sweden and of Russia in the 19th and 20th centuries. Its legacy includes its outstanding contributions to philanthropy and to the development of the armament industry and the oil industry.
Ludvig Immanuel Nobel (/ n oʊ ˈ b ɛ l / noh-BEL; Russian: Лю́двиг Эммануи́лович Нобе́ль, romanized: Ljúdvig Emmanuílovich Nobél'; Swedish: Ludvig Emmanuel Nobel [ˈlɵ̌dːvɪɡ nʊˈbɛlː]; 27 July 1831 – 12 April 1888) was a Swedish-Russian engineer, a noted businessman and a humanitarian.
Nobel Industries Limited was founded in 1870 by Swedish chemist and industrialist Alfred Nobel for the production of the new explosive dynamite in the United Kingdom. The factory was overseen and run by George McRoberts. [1] McRoberts and John Downie raised the £24,000 needed to found the company rather than Nobel himself. [2]
Noblessner's history dates back to 1912 when Emanuel Nobel (nephew of Alfred Nobel) and Arthur Lessner founded the Russian Empire's most important submarine factory. The name "Noblessner" is a fusion of the two men's surnames. [3] The factory built a total of 12 modern submarines in Noblessner between 1913 and 1917. [5]
D. Napier & Son Limited was a British engineering company best known for its luxury motor cars in the Edwardian era and for its aero engines throughout the early to mid-20th century. Napier was founded as a precision engineering company in 1808 and for nearly a century produced machinery for the financial, print, and munitions industries.